My situation may be a little different so in case it helps:

I originally purchased Shadow Empires through Matrix and later activated on mt Steam account using the key provided by Matrix. I purchased Oceania through Steam, and when I have that DLC activated through the Steam interface is when I ...

Further to my last post, if I disable the "Oceana" DLC then I can start a new game and everything seems to work fine. However, I like the the content Oceana adds, so please help!?

I am experiencing the same; re-booted and opted out of the beta but still cannot start a new game, "Unhandled exception..."

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

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100%. One of the few computer war games I still play, and regularly, like WitP AE. I want to try WitE 2 but just haven’t been able to get the time yet - retirement is coming, though!

Strategy Gaming Dojo has a recent and fairly good tutorial series: Here

<t> So you alternate flying half the groups in the Friendly phase of one turn while the other rests, then fly the rested groups during the Enemy phase of the next turn?<br/>
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Sorry, but I feel like I am still missing something. Is there a way to set one set of groups from an AD to fly during ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: cfulbright<br/>
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Comment (with a question at the end): Rather than do what you do, I do the following: I put all the groups in a single air directive and set half the air groups to rest in the Friendly turn, the other half to rest in the Enemy turn ...

<t> Pretty compelling evidence.<br/>
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Crap.<br/>
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Next someone is going to tell me Santa isn't real...<br/>
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Seriously, though, thanks for sharing your work. I certainly wish the AO could be better on the offense but I understand that is a lot harder to pull off, especially with ...

<t> On what turn did the AI Allies hit the mainland?<br/>
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I usually redirect one of the initial Allied invasion TF’s to Toranto or somewhere on the boot to try and cut off the enemy. Do you think the AI redirected one of the starting TF’s, or did it look like all of the Allied forces landed ...

Just remembered this thread, too. Decent advice on how and when to set up Naval Patrol missions to clear sea lanes you intend to use.

Turn on the interdiction overlay and route your naval transport along the safest path available. Make the path safer by assigning Naval Patrol air missions to swing the interdiction balance and sea lane control your way, and assign Air Superiority missions to prevent enemy naval patrols.

<t> Several, and enjoyed the planet generation and opening each time. Circumstances (on Beginner) led to my demise in 20 to 100 turns (or maybe it was my play?) but I learned a ton each time. Off to a good start on a new planet now with access to valuable resources and good defensive terrain on an ...

<t> So very well said and I echo every thought. I grew up with Sniper, DNO/FitE, 3R/A3R, WIF and many others before discovering Gary Grigsby’s Guadalcanal Campaign and its successors. At 62 i am hard to please but Shadow Empires has me as hooked as any game ever has since release. Very well done Vic ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jdane<br/>
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In case you didn't know, there's an option under PREFS to disable auto-combat which pauses the fight before each round, and allows you to click into the next round. I found it very useful to learn the mechanics of combat at a manageable pace.
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Thirded. Very useful learning the game and learning the capabilities of new units / formations / weapons.

EotFS was a classic and truly ahead of its time. Matt Caspermeyer’s “Hyperion” mod gave it more legs and playability long beyond the developer dropping it. My daughter and son still play from time to time. Great memories, and I agree that so far SE is at least a spiritual successor.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Shards<br/>
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Hi Tom,<br/>
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Yep, there's a file you can alter.<br/>
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windows.txt in the root directory.<br/>
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Change to something like:<br/>
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dpi_by_windows=off<br/>
windowed_mode=on<br/>
windowed_mode_w=1920<br/>
windowed ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: EuchreJack<br/>
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Seems the options during the selection stage are either spending PP and possibly offending a faction by rejecting one candidate, meaning somebody that wasn't made available is then brought forward as an option, or waiting until next turn ...

<t> I am looking for help selecting the right characters for the various postings. <br/>
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When I get a decision to assign a character to an office, such as the round after commissioning a new council, only two candidates are offered for selection, even if three or more are available in the ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: ProfessionalTD<br/>
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Of course, building costs of 320IP in the early game are already hard, but on the other hand it is just another "realistic" element to get along in this world: If the enemy is entrenched in the mountains or behind a mountain ridge, it ...